Medical device manufacturer ev3 Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to its neurovascular medical device, Onyx Liquid Embolic System, and pay $17.9 million, the Department of Justice announced today.Ā Covidien LP, whose parent acquired ev3, separately paid $13 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations resulting from its alleged payment of...
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Category: Whistleblower Cases
Whistleblower files Federal lawsuit alleging that Apple and Infosys conspired to evade US visa laws concerning H-1B visas
Whistleblower Carl Krawitt, a former contractor for Infosys and Apple filed a Complaint in Federal Court asserting that the two companies conspired to evade US visa laws relating to H-1B visas. This week, the judge denied Apple's motion to stop production of documents in the case, setting the lawsuit on course to...
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More info on whistleblower who won $78 million on the JPMorgan case
Yesterday I wrote about Ted Siedle who was awarded $78 million in a whistleblower case. I received a lot of inquiries to know more about him and his whistleblower case. Here is some info on him and the case.Ā Edward Siedle, is a former SEC lawyer who conducts forensic investigations of investment management firms...
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Potential RI AG candidate Siedle wins an additional $30M in Whistleblowing Case making the total now $78Million
Forbes columnist Ted Siedle has now scored two large whistleblower payments from two different federal financial regulatory agencies. The first was $48 million and this time, Siedle has received $30 million. "Of the CFTC's [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] portion, $30 million will go to one applicant, according to a letter this week...
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Owner of engineering firm and CPA convicted of conspiracy to defraud in tax scheme
Wagdy Guirguis and Michael Higa have been convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States .In addition to the conspiracy conviction, Guirguis was also convicted of three counts of filing false corporate income tax returns, one count of failure to file a corporate income tax return, three counts of tax evasion, one...
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Fake sushi and seafood fraud and mislabeling pervasive DNA researchers revealing the fraud
UCLA researchers using a unique genetic sequencing test say that their work reveals that Sushi mislabeling is pervasive. The new monitoring project of UCLA researchers and partners aims to take "fake sushi" off Los Angeles diners' plates. The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project team -- which includes university researchers, students, sushi restaurants...
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Owner of Detroit health clinics sentenced to 13 years in prison for $8.9M in Medicare fraud
Jacklyn Price, the owner of two Detroit health clinics was sentenced to 13 years in prison for her role in an $8.6 million scheme involving fraudulent Medicare claims. Price owned Patient Choice Internal Medicine and Metro Mobile Physicians, two Detroit-based Medicare providers. Reports say Price and several others had a scheme of...
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3 South Korean companies plead guilty and pay $236 million for bid rigging charges on fuel supply contracts to US Armed Forces
Three Companies Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay a Total of $236 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages South Korea-based companies SK Energy Co. Ltd., GS Caltex Corporation, and Hanjin Transportation Co. Ltd. have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay criminal and civil fines for their involvement in...
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Porsal Equities offshore art buyer pays $10.75 million for failure to pay Sales and Use Taxes of $50 million in artwork bought in New York State
Offshore art purchaser Porsal Equities Ltd. will pay $10.75 Million for tax fraud in connection with over $50 million of artwork and other goods purchased in New York from prominent art institutions. The settlement is the latest in the Attorney General's continuing investigation into the...
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Behavioral health therapist sentenced to three years in prison for Medicaid fraud
A Greensboro woman was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for making fraudulent Medicaid claims in 2013 and 2014.
Renee Christine Borunda, 36, who managed a behavioral healthcare company will also have to pay back more than $225,000 to the Medicaid program. She pleaded guilty...
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